Clement Claiborne Clay

Clement Claiborne Clay (13 December 1816-3 January 1882) was a US Senator from Alabama (D) from 29 November 1853 to 21 January 1861, succeeding Jeremiah Clemens and preceding Willard Warner.

Biography
Clement Claiborne Clay was born in Huntsville, Alabama in 1816, the son of US Senator Clement Comer Clay and the third cousin of Henry Clay. He was admitted to the bar in 1839, and he served in the state legislature, defending states' rights. In 1853, he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the US Senate, and he won for re-election, arguing in favor of the south and against his third cousin. He resigned in 1861 when Alabama joined the Confederacy, and he served as a Senator in the Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1864. After the war, he was accused of taking part in Abraham Lincoln's assassination, and he failed to open an insurance business due to poor health. He died in 1882.